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Arlington's National Night Out brings community, first responders together

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Arlington police and city officials met with the public at this year’s National Night Out event on Aug. 2.

The public was invited to a centralized event for the evening at Legion Park.

“We have twice the community vendors and partners here this year,” said Arlington Police Chief Jonathan Ventura.

“We have a line at almost every booth,” he said.

Families got to meet with officials from the Arlington Police Department, North County Fire and EMS, the Washington State Patrol, the city of Arlington and other local organizations, and talk about their concerns.

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Volunteer Loren Van Loo sets up some masking tape to prepare the Marysville Community Food Bank for a new paint job during a Marysville Rotary community project on Aug. 6.

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Ledger Greenfield, left, gets on one of the Washington State Patrol’s off-road vehicles with help from Matt Prether, a motor trooper with the Washington State Patrol, during Arlington’s National Night Out on Aug. 2.

The Marysville Community Food Bank received some needed maintenance as Rotary volunteers helped give the building a new coat of paint recently.

Volunteers started work

on Aug. 5 and continuing into the weekend on the project.

“The food bank wanted to get the building painted so they asked if the Sunrise Rotary and the Noon Rotary would pitch in and help

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Marysville celebrates National Night Out

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Marysville police officers and Marysville Fire District firefighters met with local families at this year’s National Night Out event on Aug. 2.

The city of Marysville once again came to Jennings Memorial Park to meet and interact with the public for the national event that encourages community members to go out and meet with their local police officers.

“This is a phenomenal turnout, especially compared to last year when we were just coming out of COVID. It’s just really amazing to see this many people. I had a hard time finding a parking spot,” said Erik Scairpon, police chief for the Marysville Police Department.

Local police officers showed their equipment and gave demonstrations such as a police K-9 demonstration.

“We have a whole host of things to show to the community such as the tools and techniques we use,” said Scairpon. “The kids love checking out the police vehicles. Folks from our drone program are also here to show how we use that tool.”

Kids could also pick up a plastic firefighter’s hat and explore emergency vehicles.

“It’s nice. It’s our first time out here,” said local parent Jennifer Cossio. “It’s a fun family event."

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Brianne Foreman, left, and Tanya Lutman, center, talk with Marysville Fire District Deputy Fire Marshal Brian Merkley at the Marysville National Night Out event on Aug. 2.

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the community out and see their public safety officials,” said Ventura.

Families also got to enjoy the variety of kids activities at the Legion Park event.

“There’s lots of kids and so we’re handing out lots of stickers,” said Ventura.

“They like the guys in uniform."

Parents said their kids enjoyed seeing all the vehicles at the event.

“They love all of the fire trucks and the ambulances.

They have fire trucks on their shorts so this is their jam,” said local parent Jennifer Greenfield.

Parent Kelsey Speed also agreed that the kids enjoyed exploring the trucks.

“They always love the fire trucks,” she said, and added she enjoyed the event. “It’s something for the kids to come to and have some fun.”

This is the second year that Arlington has featured a centralized event in Legion Park for the community.

“I think it’s going really

community members such as LINC NW, the group that runs the Marysville Community Resource Center, and the Keep Dreams Alive Foundation, a local nonprofit that focuses on helping the Latino population.

“We have a lot of community partners with us to share their great messages about how to create a good community,” said Scairpon.

“I think it’s great. It’s nice to see all these services in one place,” said Tanya Lutman.

It’s good to have different groups get together for the betterment of the community, said Scairpon.

“This is what community is about. Getting to know your neighbors and your police department and coming together,” he said.

Scairpon said it was a good event to engage with the community.

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Chase Dunham, right, explores the inside of a fire truck with Keith Johnson, a North County Fire and EMS firefighter/ paramedic during Arlington’s National Night Out on Aug. 2. well. We still have a couple of neighborhoods that our officers are going to go out to,” said Ventura.

With a general event for the public they are able to bring in more agencies and vehicles for families, he said.

“We can bring more things together in one place.”

Ventura thinks the smaller events are still good for neighborhoods who want to hold them.

“I still encourage all the

neighborhoods to do their events. I think it is great to have your neighbors come together,” he said. “I’m really happy with this idea where we can do both.”

Ventura said the public gives a lot of respect to police officers, which is why they try and reach out to the community.

“That’s a big responsibility for us and so it’s important to for us to do these sorts of events,” he said.

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them get it painted, so we’re going for it,” said Glenn Smith, a member of the Sunrise Rotary Club.

Jim Beaudoin, executive director of the Marysville Community Food Bank, hoped to get work done on the food bank facility.

“We have a longstanding relationship with the two Rotary clubs. As the new director [of the food bank] starting out on the first of the year, one of my first stops was the Rotaries,” he said. “I said ‘wouldn’t it be nice if the clubs were able to get together and help paint the building,’ and they just jumped on that.”

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King Cossio explores one of the Marysville Fire District’s emergency vehicles at the Marysville National Night Out event on Aug. 2.

“There are so many different challenging topics that police officers have to deal with in their day jobs and we love the opportunity to step out of that daily grind and interact in a positive environment,” he said.

Scairpon also encouraged more applicants for lo-

cal police as they are going through a labor shortage.

“We’re trying to spread the message about growing our police family because we need more police officers and more custody officers,” he said. “Please visit the city website and look at the open city jobs.”

A new coat of paint was beginning to be needed for the facility.

“It’s significantly less expensive for us to stay ahead of it. This building was built 12 years ago so it has its original paint on it,” said Beaudoin.

Food bank officials were starting to see the wear and tear on that paint.

“So we thought we could get ahead of it instead of having to spend a month and half scraping everything off,” said Beaudoin.

The local food bank is also seeing challenging times as demand has increased for the year.

“I had 500 more families this July than we had last July,” said Beaudoin. “Every

one of us is tightening our belts a little more and it is impacting more and more folks who are on the edge of the table.”

Beaudoin said residents should not hesitate to come to the food bank if they are having difficulties.

“We want to let people know, that if you need to come see us because you had a tire blow out or something, don’t put that on a credit card or be late on the rent, come see us and get a couple hundred dollars of food and let us help offset those costs,” he said.

With the recent painting project, the food bank was able to complete some maintenance work for a relatively low cost.

The painting project received help from Benjamin Moore & Co. which gave the food bank a big discount for their supplies.

“They were sorry they couldn’t donate because they had just got done giving paint to some new clothing bank projects,” said Beaudoin.

For the labor portion, Rotary members and other community members came down to the building.

“They love to do things and not just write the check, so they sponsored a lot of the cost of this,” said Beaudoin.

Volunteers were glad to help the local food bank.

“Our Noon Rotary Club is volunteering and we’ve been active in this food bank for years. It’s fun to give back,” said Rotary member Loren Van Loo. “Providing food is a huge need in the community."

Smith said the mission of the local Rotary clubs is to support Marysville.

“The food bank helps everyone in the local community and this service club is here to help the community,” he said.

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MSD approves sports participation fees

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Marysville School District will be implementing fees to participate in sports or checkout their computer devices next year to help reduce a budget shortfall.

“We’re asking tonight that you approve a sports participation fee and a computer use fee,” said David Cram, executive director of finance with the Marysville School District at the July 25 school board meeting.

The measure was approved unanimously by the three board members present at the meeting.

Local voters have rejected the district’s last two attempts at renewing their existing Educational

Programs and Operations, and Technology and Capital Projects levies.

District officials attempted those levy renewals earlier this year, but after two rejections the district now has to cut back on its budget.

In total the district is facing a budget shortfall of around $13 million.

“Due to the double levy failure the district is assessing sports participation fees and computer use fees to offset the costs to run those programs,” said Cram.

Students with free or reduced lunch will qualify for a lower price for both fees.

Playing a sport will cost $125 for students, or $40 for students

on reduced lunch and $20 for students on free lunch.

Students will be charged for the first and second sports they play, but not for the third.

“This will offset costs to run a varsity and JV teams at the high school level,” said Cram.

The district expects to collect around $150,000 from these fees.

Students typically check out a Chromebook that is used throughout the year in their classrooms.

A fee will be added for that checkout and will be $30 for students, $15 for those who on reduced and $10 for those on free lunch.

“It will help offset computer repair costs for all of our one-to-one

devices,” said Cram. “The reason for this is all of our student devices are currently coming off of warranty so we will see some expenses to help repair computers,” he said.

The district expects around $80,000 in collections from this fee.

“There used to be a computer use fee about two years ago so we do have some data about what we expect to collect,” said Cram.

Board members said they hoped students who couldn’t pay the reduced fees still had support.

“If we have students that absolutely can’t pay for the computer fee or sports participation fee, do we have avenues for them to still play sports,” asked board member Connor Krebbs.

Grant funding such as McKinney-Vento funds, which typically go to support students who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, are available, said Cram.

“We have dollars at our high schools and middle schools to assist with students who are struggling to pay for fees,” he said.

He agreed that, ideally, the fees should never prevent a student from playing a sport or accessing a Chromebook.

“I think it is critical we have participation of our entire student population as best as possible,” he said.

Those students that need funding support should go seek assistance with their counselor, said Cram.

Post teacher recognized for improving student growth Post Middle School Special Education teacher, Julie Shaughnessy, was being recognized as a WSECU Teacher of the Week along with 23 other teachers during the Seattle Mariners game on Aug. 7.

Shaughnessy was nominated for the award by Lana Kapustik, whose nephew K-Den MacCurdy attends Post.

“Ms. Shaughnessy had a huge impact this past year on K-Den,” said Kapustik.

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for a few hours a day and was behind academically.

Ms. Shaughnessy provided K-Den with coping techniques and incentives to help him process feelings and improve academically.

In fact, he earned a ‘Hard Worker’ award from the

Post PTSA.” “I really like attending Post,” said K-Den. “The teachers are great and I have nice friends.”

Shaughnessy said communication played a big role in K-Den’s improvement.

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Program supports local women

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Local women living through difficult times were given support at the Queen It’s A New Day program on Aug. 6 which was held in Marysville this year.

“It’s a radical makeover from the inside out,” said Judy Hoff, organizer for the event and founder of Esther’s Place, an Everett homeless shelter that focuses on women.

The women at the event come from a variety of backgrounds that involve substance use problems or trauma who are moving their lives forward.

“They are living in places where they are trying to get clean and sober so they can change their lives,” said Hoff.

The event allows women to get a “spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and financial” makeover.

They are given backto-work wardrobing along with manicures, work on hair and nails, makeup and clothes.

Toward the end of the day “they come across the stage and get crowned,” said Hoff.

“It looks like an outside thing, but really it’s an inside thing,” she added.

Trauma is often one of the root causes of substance use problems and helping women through the program is meant to improve their self-value.

“We want to help them forget the guilt and shame that they have been through,” said Hoff. “Trauma is really the key component to these ladies ending up where they are."

Hoff said she has seen many women who have come through the program turn their lives around.

She remembered one

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woman who was staying at Friendship House, a clean and sober emergency shelter in Mt. Vernon.

“Queen It’s a New Day helped her change to the point where she got off drugs, she made a life change and she became a volunteer at where she was working and she ended up being the executive director of the Friendship House.

She turned around and helped other women that were in her same situation,” said Hoff.

The event has been held for 20 years now and held all around Snohomish County.

This year the event was hosted at the Marysville Foursquare Church.

Participant Jennifer Dowell said she enjoyed this year’s event. “It’s great. It’s really nice,” she said.

Hoff said the Marysville Soroptimists have support-

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Jennifer Dowell, right, gets her nails painted by Aimee Guthrie at the Queen It’s A New Day program on Aug. 6. ed the program financially for years, and also thanked the many organizations and volunteers that come together to help women each year.

“Now, what I’m doing is

holding it in Marysville every year so people can get involved every year,” she said.

She also plans to expand to other areas that want to host similar programs, such

as Bellevue which plans to host a Queen It’s A New Day event later this year.

“We’re going to do these all the time in different locations so we can help women everywhere,” said Hoff.

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Stuff the Bus gathers school Art in the Park supplies for Marysville students returns Aug. 27-28 The Salvation Army's annual school supply drive will continue through Aug. 15

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

As the Marysville Salvation Army’s School Supply Drive is nearing its ending, volunteers headed out for a ‘Stuff the Bus’ campaign on Aug. 6.

Volunteers were at local Walmart stores to collect more donations as part of the day.

The annual drive collects supplies for families in need to help kids before the new school year starts.

“We don’t want any kid to worry about school supplies,” said Jenny Roodzant, social services coordinator for the Marysville Salvation Army.

“We want them to have a firm foundation so they have all of their needs met and they can just focus on school."

Volunteers said they were glad to come out to help encourage donations for the day.

“There’s a need for school supplies. The kids are hurting and I don’t want to see the kids

hurt, so anytime they ask me to help out, I try,” said volunteer Linn Ness.

The program distributed supplies to more than 700 families last year and Roodzant thinks they may exceed that number this year.

“We’ve already exceeded where we were last year with registration,” she said.

She estimates that up to 900 students could register this year if the current rate continues.

Gas prices, rent inflation and other factors could play a role in families having difficulty affording supplies this year, said Roodzant.

“There is a large influx of families in need and we just want to take that stress off of them. With the price of groceries and gas going up they shouldn’t have to worry about where they’re going to get their school supplies,” she said.

Donations have also come in slowly throughout the event.

“I hate to say that, but it is slow,” said Roodzant.

Although the donations do tend to increase as the summer wanes and the new school year is closer, she said.

The drive is scheduled to end on Aug. 15 and donations can still be made at Salvation Army barrels around town in various locations such as the Salvation Army, Fred Meyer, Allen Creek Dentistry, HomeStreet Bank, Heritage Bank, Coastal Community Bank, Realty One, Marysville City Hall or the Marysville Library.

Online registries are also available for Walmart at bit.ly/ walmartmsvlregistry or at Amazon at bit.ly/amazonmsvlregistry.

Families that need help are welcome to register for school supplies at bit.ly/schoolsupplieshelp.

If the program has additional backpacks and supplies left, they also plan to host a booth at the Marysville School District’s Welcome Back to School event on Aug. 25 where families can receive supplies, said Roodzant.

She wanted to thank everyone that comes together for the drive each year.

“I love all the partners we have and getting together every year,” she said. “We couldn’t do any of this without the community support.”

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Local artists will bring out their paintings, photographs, carvings and more as part of the annual Art in the Park on Aug. 27 and 28.

The event is put on by the Arlington Arts Council.

It will be at Arlington's Legion Park and begin at 10 a.m. on both days.

“We’re celebrating our local creative people,” said Sarah Arney, president of the Arlington Arts Council. “So the public can go out and meet the artists and so that they can share some of their artwork with the community."

There will be a broad range of art there including wood-turned bowls, jewelry, depictions of dragons, dinosaurs, trains, amazing pastel paintings, and photography, said Arney.

Locals can come to the park for the day and chat with artists.

“We’re just putting on a small art show to give our artists a chance to interact with community members,” said Arney. “It’s easy to get to and you get to stop by downtown Arlington for the day too,” unlike some other big art shows.

Activities will also be available for families that stop by the event.

“There will be fun art projects for the kids,” said Arney.

Live music will be available both days at the event. Saturday will include the TJ&J Trio from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., bluegrass musicians the Marley’s Ghost Band from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and class rock band the Walrus Band from 6 p.m to 8 p.m.

Sunday’s music include Denny & the Jeffs Band from noon to 1:30 p.m., and David Lee Howard Music from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A mini-auction and raffle baskets will also be happening throughout the event.

A beer garden will also be available on Saturday and the Farmers Market is held nearby on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“The Farmers Market will be going on at the same time on Saturday so we usually get pretty busy in the morning there,” said Arney.

She encourages people to come down and see the art and meet the artists.

“One of our missions is to provide opportunity for our local artists to show their work, and this is one way that we do that,” said Arney.

Additional information about the Arlington Arts Council is available on their website at arlingtonartscouncil.net.

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Evergreen State Fair highlights Snohomish County The Evergreen State Fair has been a community staple in Snohomish County since 1949.

The annual county fair highlights many of the great aspects of Snohomish County including our rich agricultural history, community organizations, entertainment, and more. This year’s fair will be held August 25th-30th and September 1st-5th at the Fair Park in Monroe.

Every year, thousands of residents and visitors convene at the Fair to enjoy family fun and entertainment. Last year, over 181,000 people came through the gates of the Evergreen State Fair and this year we are expecting even more visitors.

The theme for this year’s 2022 Evergreen State Fair is “The Show Must Go On!” This year’s fair will feature exhibits and competitions from youth organizations as well as the open class adult exhibitors.

Adults and youth from around the county will come to show off their dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, alpaca and llamas, cats, and horses.

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We will also have nonanimal displays including homemade beverages, baking, food preservation, honey, sewing, crochet and knitting, floriculture, photography, crafts and hobbies, and fine arts.

A visit to the fair wouldn’t be complete without traditional fair food. This year’s fair will have many offerings including giant corndogs, elephant ears, gyros, funnel cakes, Fisher scones, curly fries, and more. There’s always something for everyone to eat at the fair.

This year’s mainstage entertainment is going to be great. Tickets are available for Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, and Bethel Music. There are also great music acts and entertainment every day at the Courtyard Stage which is free with fair

admission. Also, make sure to find the roving entertainers making their way all around the fairgrounds.

If racing and monster trucks are more your style, Evergreen Speedway has great offerings throughout the fair this year. There will be three nights of monster trucks as well as stock racing and a Demo Derby at the Speedway.

There is so much fun to be had at this year’s fair. For information about all of the fair’s offerings, please visit www.evergreenfair.org.

You can also purchase fair admission tickets and tickets to your favorite shows and entertainment.

I hope to see you at the Evergreen State Fair this year.

Nate Nehring is a member of the Snohomish County Council and represents District 1 which includes Arlington, Darrington, Granite Falls, Marysville, Stanwood, and unincorporated north county. He can be reached by email at Nate.Nehring@snoco. org or by phone at (425) 512-4810.

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RAVE: A big thank you to the city of Arlington and all of the first responders who participated in the National Night Out. My family had a wonderful time and it's a great way for the community members and our first responders to meet.

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get involved an let their voices be heard in the November General election.

RAVE: Marysville's National Night Out event was a fun time for my family.

They enjoyed meeting members of the Marysville Police Department and the Marysville Fire District. They also enjoyed seeing the emergency vehicles. And thank you to the other organizations that also participated in this great community event.

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Arlington slugger hits her way to Williamsport

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com Thanks to her efforts hitting in a Little League Home Run Derby in July at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Grace Boekenoogen earned a trip to Williamsport, Penn.

“It was really fun and probably an experience I won’t ever have again,” said Boekenoogen, an 11-year-old who competes in the Stilly Valley Little in Arlington.

The Stilly Valley Little League has around 400 boys and girls from ages 7-16 years old in the Arlington and Lakewood area. The league also has a challenger team comprised of children with mental and physical disabilities aged 4-21.

She is one of four finalists from the west to compete in the Little League Home Run Derby on Aug. 25 during the Little League World Series.

Grace’s journey to the home run derby began in April when she participated in a home run derby during a jamboree hosted by the Stilly Valley Little League. She was named an alternate to the derby at T-Mobile Park. She got a spot when a girl dropped out.

“It was kind of a whirlwind for Grace,” said Jake Larson, president of the Stilly Valley Little League. He was proud of Boekenoogen for going from an alternate to advancing to a national home run derby.

Grace’s dad, Shane, said Grace had to go through a tie-breaker

against another hitter to earn the spot in Williamsport. “It was superexciting.”

Boekenoogen, who will be a sixth grader at Haller Middle school in the fall, has played softball since she was five. She said she enjoys everything about playing softball.

“I like the girls I play with,” Boekenoogen said. “I like hitting a lot.”

The regional derby saw 10 boys hitting in baseball and 10 girls hitting in softball. She’ll be one of 8 girls competing in the national home run derby. Boekenoogen is the only player from Washington to advance to the national home run derby.

She will compete against softball players from Virginia, Kentucky, New Mexico, Iowa and New York.

“Being a part of the Little League program is so much more than wins and losses, and thanks to our great partners at T-Mobile, children around the world have the opportunity to compete in this exciting and unique opportunity,” said Stephen D. Keener, Little League President and CEO, in a press release. “We look forward to welcoming all of this year’s finalists to Williamsport and congratulate all of the competitors and volunteers across the United States who signed up to make the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby a possibility this year.”

The Little League Home Run Derby takes place at 5 p.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 25, and will be televised on ESPN, at 7 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug. 26.

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Grace Boekenoogen will participate in the Little Home Run Derby that takes place Aug. 25 in Williamsport, Penn. The derby will be televised at 7 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug. 26 on ESPN.

3 on 3 basketball tourney comes to Arlington airport Legal Notices

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

Hundreds of basketball players from around the state will descend upon the Arlington Airport to compete in a three-on-three tournament.

The 3on3x tournament, heading into its 11th year, takes place Aug. 13 and 14.

“We’re one of the bigger tournaments in western Washington,” said Jeff Bryson, a volunteer with the 3on3x tournament.

He said the tournament typically sees between 175 and 180 teams sign up each year, but the number may increase as the sign-up deadline approaches.

“We might push 200 this year,” Bryson said. Team registration for the tournament wrapped up Aug. 7.

The tournament has recreational and competitive divisions, Bryson said.

Boys and girls third grade through high school, adult men and women, along with senior and adult co-ed divisions are available, according to the 3on3x website.

Bryson said one of the airport’s runway where the tournament takes place offers a great, paved surface for the 17-18 courts needed for games. The airport offers a lot of parking too.

“It’s a great location,” Bryson said.

The tournament draws a lot of teams from Whatcom County, which Bryson said is far enough away for some players to camp on site.

Teams from as far away as Tacoma and eastern Washington have also signed up.

After being canceled in

2020, the tournament drew around 150 teams in 2021.

The tournament was originally started by the Boys & Girls Club around 2003-04, Bryson said. The 3on3X comes one month after a similar tournament took place in downtown Everett.

Teams have four players, and they play to 20 points.

Bryson said games end at the same time after 25 minutes.

Food and beverage vendors are available, and music will play throughout the tournament.

“It’s a good and fun family event,” Bryson said. There isn’t any cost for admission or parking.

Money raised during the tournament benefits several charities such as Arlington Kids Kloset and Coaches vs.

Cancer. Bryson added money also goes to unique situ-

LEGAL NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SPOKANE COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: MARGRETTA HILLMAN STANTON, Deceased, No. 22401578-32, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, (RCW 11.40.030)

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Basketball players from as far away as Tacoma will compete at the 3on3x tournament held Aug. 13 and 14 at the Arlington Airport. ations when they arise. The tournament donated money to help people impacted by the Oso mudslide.

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